For a few minutes they sat in silence, then unconsciously went off into
little groups, the Hogwarts three and Mutant X.
MUTANT X
"We've got to protect them…they have no idea what they're up against. Everyone in the GSA looking for one person? They've not got a chance."
"Looks like they're telling the truth anyway."
Is it just me who thinks that this is worse than they're letting on?" asked Emma. "I mean, did you see how scared Ron looked when Harry said Voldemort's name?"
Appropriately they heard at that moment Ron yelling at Harry to call "him" You-Know-Who like all sane wizards.
"ALL wizards?" questioned Adam. "The majority of people are scared to say his NAME?! I think you're right Emma, this is a lot worse than they're letting on. What are their minds like?"
Emma used her ability to look into their minds and feelings.
"As clear as if you look and listen. They're scared stiff but brave. Or at least Ron and Hermione's are, I can't get in Harry's at all. He's blocking his memories, doesn't want to think about them. He seems to think he has to be brave and do a job and that's what he's going to do. That's what I'm getting from his friends anyway, it's clear they left out details about this whole thing from what they told us, I'm sure Harry was involved, I'm just not sure how. His friends don't seem to blame him though, however he was involved they only appear to respect him more."
"Any ideas on what to do from here?"
"Ask the kids." Replied Brennan immediately. "They know more than us about this guy, if they stay here we can protect them from the GSA, but they might know some magic technique that could be used to find them. Right now, they're the ones in danger, it's up to them what to do. I say when they've finished their discussion we go ask them what they think, until then we try and think up some more ideas."
"Agreed." Said Adam. They left to think, Jesse ending up near Harry, Ron and Hermione. He could hear snatches of their conversation.
HOGARTS THREE
"It would be a lot easier if we could just apperate…"
"Well we can't, we're all underage, without licenses and it's too far back to England anyway. We'd need a portkey."
"I wasn't suggesting we did Herm, just saying it would be easier if we could."
"And I'm just saying we can't…"
Harry's voice cut in, breaking up the argument.
"Are we all agreed, we have to contact Dumbledore?"
The other two looked shocked.
"Of course!"
"So the question is; how?"
" We owl him of course!"
"Ron," Hermione sighed, "Are you completely dense? WE DON'T HAVE AN OWL!"
"So? There are witches in America too, you know. We borrow one. I think this counts as an emergency."
"Few problems with that Ron.." Hermione was getting mad. "One, we don't know any witches or wizards here. Two, we are meant to be staying completely separate from the entire magical community while here. Three, even if we weren't we have no idea how to contact anyone. Four, anyone we did manage to contact could be a Death Eater. Five…"
"Ok, enough, I get the idea. Anyway, could Dumbledore know already?"
Unlikely, Voldemort won't bother telling his death eaters, it's not important enough. He only informs people for something big, capturing a new country, something like that. A new company's no big deal. And his Death Eaters are already on the look out for me, so that's nothing new. So spies won't work. And it's not like he monitors GSA communications! How many witches or wizards know what email is? No, I can't see Dumbledore finding out, we have to tell him."
Jesse was amazed at the calm way Harry accepted his fate, he knew people were out to get and he just worked through it, just tried to think of the best way to get the information to the relevant people. What had this kid been through to make him so resigned to life, so blasé about danger?
"OK, so not owls….. a letter would take too long…I've got it! Ron, does your dad have a phone at his office?"
"A what Harry?"
"Telephone, you know, I explained them to you…same as Hermione and your dad did, you tried to talk to me on one once but ended up getting Uncle Vernon and yelling, remember?"
Ron looked blank before recognition finally dawned.
"Oh, a FELLYTONE! You should have said. No, he did but Fudge made him take it out. Said it looked "unprofessional".
"We could call my parents." injected Hermione.
"No point," countered Harry, "even if we did they have no way of contacting Dumbledore."
"Yes they do! A witch lives in the next street – her niece is a first year Hufflepuff. I'm sure she'd lend mum her owl in an emergency."
They all looked relieved at this news. Then Harry got worried again.
"Then what? What do we say? We can't worry your parents. I suppose we could just say we need to speak to Dumbledore urgently. Ask him to come, here are regular portkeys to the airports, aren't there?"
"Yes, 3 a day, each way. How would WE get to the airports though?"
Jesse decided it was time to interrupt.
"If you've sorted the basics we can help. And you're welcome to stay here in the meantime, we'll get your luggage for you, it's not safe for you to be out there right now."
Again, they all looked relieved.
"Thanks," said Harry with a smile, " That helps a lot. No need to worry about our luggage though, we've got it with us, it's not safe to leave wizarding stuff unattended in muggle hotels. Even if your trunk's locked Death Eaters or an experienced thief can still get in. Besides, if we had to shift locations…"
Jesse was about to remark on the fact that they weren't carrying anything when Hermione saw his puzzled look. She fished in her pocket and brought out her wand and a small and apparently very heavy object. Carefully, she placed it on the floor and swished her wand about in a shape reminiscent of a half star before pointing at the object and yelling "Amplitudo reverti!" The object expanded to reveal a large trunk with several locks on it.
"Unfortunately weight does not go down but I added another one that makes it a bit lighter than normal"
Ignoring Jesse's look of amazement she then swished her wand some more and yelled "Paravitas!" making the trunk shrink again before putting it back in her pocket.
Trying to hide his astonishment he suggested they called Hermione's parents while he got his team together. They did this (Hermione's parents were happy to pass the message on, if a little puzzled) and sat down for a serious discussion while awaiting Dumbledore's reply.
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Amplitudo reverti = largeness return……kinda. Near enough anyway.
Paravitas = small.
Disclaimer = see page one, it's the only one you're getting. As always if you spot any "deliberate" mistakes let me know and I'll try and correct them. Thank you!
I know this isn't that good or very long, I'm sorry, I've got important exams soon so I'm busy. But I'll update as often as I can and try not to make any bits too bad.
Ivory Tuluxey – THANK YOU! Getting your review really cheered me up; I was beginning to think I wasn't going to get any. I especially like it because it's such a nice one. :-P
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To everyone else, copy them! Review! Be kind and I'll grin at you!
MUTANT X
"We've got to protect them…they have no idea what they're up against. Everyone in the GSA looking for one person? They've not got a chance."
"Looks like they're telling the truth anyway."
Is it just me who thinks that this is worse than they're letting on?" asked Emma. "I mean, did you see how scared Ron looked when Harry said Voldemort's name?"
Appropriately they heard at that moment Ron yelling at Harry to call "him" You-Know-Who like all sane wizards.
"ALL wizards?" questioned Adam. "The majority of people are scared to say his NAME?! I think you're right Emma, this is a lot worse than they're letting on. What are their minds like?"
Emma used her ability to look into their minds and feelings.
"As clear as if you look and listen. They're scared stiff but brave. Or at least Ron and Hermione's are, I can't get in Harry's at all. He's blocking his memories, doesn't want to think about them. He seems to think he has to be brave and do a job and that's what he's going to do. That's what I'm getting from his friends anyway, it's clear they left out details about this whole thing from what they told us, I'm sure Harry was involved, I'm just not sure how. His friends don't seem to blame him though, however he was involved they only appear to respect him more."
"Any ideas on what to do from here?"
"Ask the kids." Replied Brennan immediately. "They know more than us about this guy, if they stay here we can protect them from the GSA, but they might know some magic technique that could be used to find them. Right now, they're the ones in danger, it's up to them what to do. I say when they've finished their discussion we go ask them what they think, until then we try and think up some more ideas."
"Agreed." Said Adam. They left to think, Jesse ending up near Harry, Ron and Hermione. He could hear snatches of their conversation.
HOGARTS THREE
"It would be a lot easier if we could just apperate…"
"Well we can't, we're all underage, without licenses and it's too far back to England anyway. We'd need a portkey."
"I wasn't suggesting we did Herm, just saying it would be easier if we could."
"And I'm just saying we can't…"
Harry's voice cut in, breaking up the argument.
"Are we all agreed, we have to contact Dumbledore?"
The other two looked shocked.
"Of course!"
"So the question is; how?"
" We owl him of course!"
"Ron," Hermione sighed, "Are you completely dense? WE DON'T HAVE AN OWL!"
"So? There are witches in America too, you know. We borrow one. I think this counts as an emergency."
"Few problems with that Ron.." Hermione was getting mad. "One, we don't know any witches or wizards here. Two, we are meant to be staying completely separate from the entire magical community while here. Three, even if we weren't we have no idea how to contact anyone. Four, anyone we did manage to contact could be a Death Eater. Five…"
"Ok, enough, I get the idea. Anyway, could Dumbledore know already?"
Unlikely, Voldemort won't bother telling his death eaters, it's not important enough. He only informs people for something big, capturing a new country, something like that. A new company's no big deal. And his Death Eaters are already on the look out for me, so that's nothing new. So spies won't work. And it's not like he monitors GSA communications! How many witches or wizards know what email is? No, I can't see Dumbledore finding out, we have to tell him."
Jesse was amazed at the calm way Harry accepted his fate, he knew people were out to get and he just worked through it, just tried to think of the best way to get the information to the relevant people. What had this kid been through to make him so resigned to life, so blasé about danger?
"OK, so not owls….. a letter would take too long…I've got it! Ron, does your dad have a phone at his office?"
"A what Harry?"
"Telephone, you know, I explained them to you…same as Hermione and your dad did, you tried to talk to me on one once but ended up getting Uncle Vernon and yelling, remember?"
Ron looked blank before recognition finally dawned.
"Oh, a FELLYTONE! You should have said. No, he did but Fudge made him take it out. Said it looked "unprofessional".
"We could call my parents." injected Hermione.
"No point," countered Harry, "even if we did they have no way of contacting Dumbledore."
"Yes they do! A witch lives in the next street – her niece is a first year Hufflepuff. I'm sure she'd lend mum her owl in an emergency."
They all looked relieved at this news. Then Harry got worried again.
"Then what? What do we say? We can't worry your parents. I suppose we could just say we need to speak to Dumbledore urgently. Ask him to come, here are regular portkeys to the airports, aren't there?"
"Yes, 3 a day, each way. How would WE get to the airports though?"
Jesse decided it was time to interrupt.
"If you've sorted the basics we can help. And you're welcome to stay here in the meantime, we'll get your luggage for you, it's not safe for you to be out there right now."
Again, they all looked relieved.
"Thanks," said Harry with a smile, " That helps a lot. No need to worry about our luggage though, we've got it with us, it's not safe to leave wizarding stuff unattended in muggle hotels. Even if your trunk's locked Death Eaters or an experienced thief can still get in. Besides, if we had to shift locations…"
Jesse was about to remark on the fact that they weren't carrying anything when Hermione saw his puzzled look. She fished in her pocket and brought out her wand and a small and apparently very heavy object. Carefully, she placed it on the floor and swished her wand about in a shape reminiscent of a half star before pointing at the object and yelling "Amplitudo reverti!" The object expanded to reveal a large trunk with several locks on it.
"Unfortunately weight does not go down but I added another one that makes it a bit lighter than normal"
Ignoring Jesse's look of amazement she then swished her wand some more and yelled "Paravitas!" making the trunk shrink again before putting it back in her pocket.
Trying to hide his astonishment he suggested they called Hermione's parents while he got his team together. They did this (Hermione's parents were happy to pass the message on, if a little puzzled) and sat down for a serious discussion while awaiting Dumbledore's reply.
/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/z/
Amplitudo reverti = largeness return……kinda. Near enough anyway.
Paravitas = small.
Disclaimer = see page one, it's the only one you're getting. As always if you spot any "deliberate" mistakes let me know and I'll try and correct them. Thank you!
I know this isn't that good or very long, I'm sorry, I've got important exams soon so I'm busy. But I'll update as often as I can and try not to make any bits too bad.
Ivory Tuluxey – THANK YOU! Getting your review really cheered me up; I was beginning to think I wasn't going to get any. I especially like it because it's such a nice one. :-P
Chad-Catsmeat – Thank you for your review and thank you for the tip, I'll try to remember.
To everyone else, copy them! Review! Be kind and I'll grin at you!